Short Fitness Hikes in Jefferson County

Fitness Loop at Bear Creek Lake Park, 2.5 miles, off Morrison Rd, east of C-470

Morrison Loop through Mattews-Winters and Red Rocks Parks, 3.5 miles, off Hwy 26

Creekside Loop at Lair o’ the Bear Park, 1.5 miles, Hwy 74 in Bear Creek Canyon, west of Idledale

Upper Loop at O’Fallon Park, 2.5 miles, Bear Creek Canyon, Hwy 74 in Bear Creek Canyon, east of Kittredge

Evergreen Lake Trail, 1 mile, deDisse Park off Evergreen Pkwy (Hwy 74)

Evergreen Mountain Loop, 4.1 miles, Alderfer/Three Sisters Park, Buffalo Park Road off Hwy 73

Maxwell Falls Trail, 3 miles, Arapaho National Forest, Evergreen Hwy 73 to Brook Forest Rd

Meadow View/Painter’s Pause Loop, 4.5 miles Elk Meadow Park, Evergreen Pkwy to Lewis Ridge Rd

Sleepy S Loop, 2.5 miles, Elk Meadow Park, Evergreen Pkwy to Stagecoach Blvd west

Any segment of Clear Creek Trail from Golden to east County line in Wheat Ridge.

Source: "12 Short Hikes in Denver Foothills—Central" by Tracy Salcedo $4.95